[Froufrou]

I hate to burst your bunuelos, but a Mexican sandwich is called a torta.

[spunkets]

"I hate to burst your bunuelos, but a Mexican sandwich is called a torta."

I've never heard that. I was told by various real MXicans that a taco is a sandwich. The tortilla is their bread, they use that to make a sandwich and the sandwich is called a taco.

[spunkets]

"A torta is a Mexican sandwich, served on an oblong 6-8 inch firm, crusty white sandwich roll, called a bolillo or telera."

I thought so. A torta is simply a type of sandwich. The common MXican didn't have this kind of bread available. The common bread has been the tortilla.

[Elyse]

I hate to burst your bunuelos, but a Mexican sandwich is called a torta.

Mexicans call meat on bread a torta, but torta in Spanish actually means cake, so we have a whole nuther discussion - is a torta a sandwich or a cake? Let's ask the judge.